{"id":12,"date":"2025-07-10T20:36:53","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/?p=11"},"modified":"2026-01-11T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T23:33:03","slug":"post-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/2025\/07\/10\/post-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasting: Island Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Irish_Coffee.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" style=\"width:314px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I originally encountered a version of this drink which was called Polynesian Coffee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I saw a guy make it in a restaurant but couldn&#8217;t remember how it was built beyond there being coffee and fire involved, so I faked it. Suffice it to say this is a show stopper of a drink that is guaranteed to impress anyone watching and satisfy their taste buds when they finally drink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a large clear glass coffee mug mix the following &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1 part 151 rum &#8211; to light on fire<br>1 part Kahlua (or other coffee liqueur)<br>1 part Jameson Whiskey (or your favorite whiskey)<br>1 part Grand Marnier<br>1 part Irish Cream<br>Sufficient coffee to fill the mug<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Process<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your first step is to pour the 151 rum into the coffee mug. I recommend using a wand lighter to get down to the alcohol and light it on fire. It will have a lovely blue flame that fills the mug.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it is burning pour in the coffee liqueur, whiskey, Grand Marnier, and Irish cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add the coffee, leaving a little space at the top of the glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If it&#8217;s still burning douse with whip cream &#8211; odds are somewhere during the liquid additions it will go out so just add the whip cream anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tasting:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Look<\/strong>: Rich dark brown of coffee. The whipped cream will slowly diffuse into the liquid causing it to become a creamy brown at the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Smell<\/strong>: hints of chocolate and nut. A classic coffe roast smell with just a little alcoholic burn to tickle the nose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taste<\/strong>: coffee on steroids. You&#8217;ll taste the flavor of your favorite coffee but there are hints of cocoa, orange and a woody flavor from the whiskey. The whipped cream will smooth out the burn of the alcohols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aftertaste<\/strong>: the cocoa flavor and the hint of orange tends to linger longest. The alcohol burn should dissipate quickly and not ruin the aftertaste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I originally encountered a version of this drink which was called Polynesian Coffee. I saw a guy make it in a restaurant but couldn&#8217;t remember how it was built beyond there being coffee and fire involved, so I faked it. Suffice it to say this is a show stopper of a drink that is guaranteed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/2025\/07\/10\/post-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tasting: Island Coffee<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,10,13,23,18],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drinks","tag-coffee","tag-grand-marnier","tag-kahlua","tag-tasting","tag-whiskey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}